KIEV, July 23 — More than 42,000 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against President Viktor Yanukovych over the past seven days, seeking to remove him through impeachment, an opposition party reported Monday.

KIEV, July 23 – The Ukrainian cabinet has decided to prolong a memorandum with metals and mining companies until the end of 2009, toughening a number of commitments for metals companies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, July 23 - President Viktor Yushchenko is concerned that the government has allowed energy companies to use barter transactions in mutual settlements, Yushchenko’s spokeswoman said Thursday.

KIEV, July 23 – Russia stepped up maneuvering of its Black Sea Fleet forces in Sevastopol, including relocating cruise missiles and armored personnel vehicles, escalating tensions with Ukraine in a region dominated by ethnic Russians.

KIEV, July 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has called for calm regarding the signing of long-term contracts between EnergoAtom and Russia's TVEL for the supply of fresh nuclear fuel.

KIEV, July 22 – Luhanskteplovoz holding company, a monopolist in the production of cargo diesel locomotives in Ukraine, believes the purchase by State Rail Transport Administration, also known as Ukrzaliznytsia, of 10 interregional electric trains and four diesel trains from Hyundai is inappropriate.

KIEV, July 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she is expecting to see deflation in July and an accelerated GDP growth by the end of this year.

All but two Ukrainian regions registered significant deflation in the first 20 days of July, she said at a meeting of the council of investors at the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday.

LONDON, July 23 - UEFA may switch the matches of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship from Ukraine to Germany, according to a report in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

KIEV, July 23 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday she had reached an agreement with Russia's Gazprom on a special formula to set prices for gas deliveries in 2009, but did not give details.

KIEV, July 19 - Emergencies Minister Nestor Shufrych has praised the results of the latest meeting of the Donor Assembly of the EBRD's Nuclear Safety Account and the Assembly of Contributors to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund.